Research Academy Team and Dr. David Lee Keiser Receive Contemplative Pedagogy Grant

Drs. Cigdem Talgar, David Lee Keiser, and Writer Julie Dalley secure $5000.00 to fund new pilot faculty development program in contemplative pedagogy.

Dr.
Cigdem Talgar, Acting Director, and Julie Dalley, Assistant Director, of the
Research Academy for University Learning, in partnership with Dr. David Lee Keiser, Associate Professor, Secondary and Special Education, are pleased
to announce a recent Contemplative Mind-1440 Teaching and Learning Center Grant
award of $5000.00. The grant is funded by the Center for Contemplative Mind in
Society to fund projects and programs at institutions of higher education to promote
contemplative pedagogy practices in partnership with Teaching and Learning
Centers. The grant award will be used
for the Contemplative Pedagogy and Practice (CPP) Faculty Fellows Program, a
pilot program that selects six faculty members to participate as Fellows to integrate
contemplative and mindful learning research and practices into their course
design. The Fellows will be engaged through specialized workshops, guest
speaker events, and leveraging emerging research in the field of contemplative
and mindful pedagogy. The granting period runs through Spring 2013 and will
lead to an entrenched year-long program that mirrors the Research Academy's
Engaged Teaching Fellows Program, by offering year-long fellowships for faculty
looking to integrate contemplative and mindful learning practices and research
in their course design.

To
learn more about contemplative pedagogy and this new program, please contact
the Research Academy at teach-learn@montclair,edu or call 973-655-3276.